bgr_963262 - CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIARATHES VI EPIPHANES PHILOPATOR Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: an 1
Mint name / Town : Eusebeia, Cappadoce
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure régulière. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée d’Ariarathes VI à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna debout à gauche, couronnant le nom du roi de la main droite et tenant une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ ARIARAQOU// EPIFANOUS/ (ARIA)/ L.
Reverse translation : (du roi Ariarathes glorieux// an 1).
Historical background
CAPPADOCIA - CAPPADOCIAN KINGDOM - ARIARATHES VI EPIPHANES PHILOPATOR
(130-116 BC)
Ariarathes is the youngest son of Ariarathes V and Nysa. He began his reign under the regency of his mother. He married Laodike, the sister of Mithridates VI of Pontus. He had two sons, Ariarathes VI and VII and a daughter, Nysa who married Nicomedes IV, king of Bithynia. He was assassinated by Gordios at the instigation of his brother-in-law Mithridates VI of Pontus.
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